Full Text of SB2769 98th General Assembly
SB2769ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Donald L. Moffitt Filed: 4/29/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2769
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2769 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Organ Donor Leave Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 5, 10, and 20 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 327/5)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Purpose. This Act is intended to provide time off | 8 | | with pay for
State
employees who donate an organ, bone marrow, | 9 | | or blood , or blood platelets .
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)
| 11 | | (5 ILCS 327/10)
| 12 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 13 | | "Agency" means any branch, department, board, committee, | 14 | | or commission of
State government, but does not include units | 15 | | of local government, school
districts, or boards of election |
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| 1 | | commissioners.
| 2 | | "Blood" means both the liquid that circulates in the | 3 | | arteries and veins of a human body and any cells or parts | 4 | | thereof, including, but not limited to, whole blood, plasma, | 5 | | red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. | 6 | | "Department" means the Department of Central Management | 7 | | Services.
| 8 | | "Organ" means any biological tissue of the human body that | 9 | | may be donated by a living donor, including, but not limited | 10 | | to, the kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, intestine, bone, and | 11 | | skin or any subpart thereof. | 12 | | "Participating employee" means a permanent full-time or | 13 | | part-time employee
who has
been employed by an agency for a | 14 | | period of 6 months or more and who donates an
organ, bone | 15 | | marrow, or blood , or blood platelets .
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)
| 17 | | (5 ILCS 327/20)
| 18 | | Sec. 20. Administration of Act.
| 19 | | (a) A On request, a participating employee subject to this | 20 | | Act who wishes to donate blood, an organ, or bone marrow shall | 21 | | request in advance leave under this Act may be
entitled to | 22 | | organ donation leave with pay .
| 23 | | (b) An employee may use
(i) up to 30 days of organ donation | 24 | | leave in any 12-month period to serve
as a bone marrow donor,
| 25 | | (ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month |
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| 1 | | period to
serve
as an organ donor,
(iii) up to one hour or more
| 2 | | to donate blood every 56 days , (iv) up to 1.5 hours to donate | 3 | | double red cells, and (v) (iv) up to 2 hours
or more to donate | 4 | | blood platelets. The frequency of the blood donation times | 5 | | shall be set by rule in accordance with appropriate medical | 6 | | standards
established by the American Red Cross, America's | 7 | | Blood Centers, the American Association of Blood Banks, or
| 8 | | other nationally-recognized standards.
Leave under item (iv) | 9 | | may not be granted more than 24 times in a
12-month period.
| 10 | | (c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave | 11 | | authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after | 12 | | obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.
| 13 | | (d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick | 14 | | or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor | 15 | | leave.
| 16 | | (e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ | 17 | | donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions | 18 | | and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) | 19 | | require medical documentation of the proposed
organ or
bone | 20 | | marrow donation before leave is approved by the employing | 21 | | agency.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 94-33, eff. 1-1-06; 95-354, eff. 1-1-08.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.".
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